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Challenge Grants for projects at the May

1, 1998 deadline.

3. Date: July 20, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Room: 415.

Program: This meeting will review

applicaitons for Research Institutions

and Organizations, submitted to the

Office of Challenge Grants for projects at

the May 1, 1998 deadline.

4. Date: July 20, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for

University Teachers in Anthropology I,

submitted to the Division of Research

and Education for projects at the May 1,

1998 deadline.

5. Date: July 20, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 430.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for College

Teachers and Independent Scholars in

European History, submitted to the

Division of Research and Education for

projects at the May 1, 1998 deadline.

6. Date: July 21, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for

University Teachers in American

History and Studies I, submitted to the

Division of Research and Education for

projects at the May 1, 1998 deadline.

7. Date: July 22, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for

University Teachers in European

History, submitted to the Division of

Research and Education for projects at

the May 1, 1998 deadline.

8. Date: July 23, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 430.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for

University Teachers in Religious

Studies, submitted to the Division of

Research and Education for projects at

the May 1, 1998 deadline.

9. Date: July 24, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for

University Teachers in Philosophy,

submitted to the Division of Research

and Education for projects at the May 1,

1998 deadline.

10. Date: July 24, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 430.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for College

Teachers and Independent Scholars in

Sociology, Psychology, and Education,

submitted to the Division of Research

and Education for projects at the May 1,

1998 deadline.

11. Date: July 24, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Room: 415.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Public Libraries &

Related Organizations, submitted to the

Office of Challenge Grants for projects at

the May 1, 1998 deadline.

12. Date: July 29, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 430.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for College

Teachers and Independent Scholars in

Music, Dance, Theater, and Film,

submitted to the Division of Research

and Education for projects at the May 1,

1998 deadline.

13. Date: July 30, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 430.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for College

Teachers and Independent Scholars in

Art History, submitted to the Division of

Research and Education for projects at

the May 1, 1998 deadline.

14. Date: July 31, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 430.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Fellowships for College

Teachers and Independent Scholars in

African, Asian, and Latin American

History, submitted to the Division of

Research and Education for projects at

the May 1, 1998 deadline.

15. Date: July 31, 1998.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Room: 420.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Colleges and

Universities II, submitted to the Office

of Challenge Grants for projects at the

May 1, 1998 deadline.

Nancy E. Weiss,

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

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Name: Advisory Committee for Biological

Sciences, Committee of Visitors for the

Physiology & Ethology Cluster (1110).

Date & Time: July 13–15, 1998—8:30 am–

5:00 pm each day.

Place: Room 360, NSF, 4201 Wilson

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Type of Meeting: Part-Open—(see agenda

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pursuant to 10 CFR part 52, Appendix

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part 52. The FDA is being revised to

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1994.

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Amendment to Facility Operating

License No. DPR–20 Proposed No

Significant Hazards Consideration

Determination, and Opportunity for a

Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of an amendment

to Facility Operating License No. DPR–

20 issued to Consumers Energy

Company (the licensee) for operation of

the Palisades Nuclear Plant, located in

Van Buren County, Michigan.

The proposed amendment would

revise Section 3.1.1c of the Technical

Specifications (TS), Appendix A of the

Operating License for the Palisades

Nuclear Plant, to change the minimum

required primary coolant system flow.

The currently specified value is

140.7x106 lb/hr [pounds per hour] or

greater, when corrected to 532 °F. The

licensee proposed to revise the TS to

specify a value of greater than or equal

to 352,000 gpm [gallons per minute],

which is equivalent to approximately

135x106 lb/hr, when corrected to 532 °F.

Before issuance of the proposed

license amendment, the Commission

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Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended

(the Act) and the Commission’s

regulations.

The Commission has made a

proposed determination that the

amendment request involves no

significant hazards consideration. Under

the Commission’s regulations in 10 CFR

50.92, this means that operation of the

facility in accordance with the proposed

amendment would not (1) involve a

significant increase in the probability or

consequences of an accident previously

evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of

a new or different kind of accident from

any accident previously evaluated; or

(3) involve a significant reduction in a

margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR

50.91(a), the licensee has provided its

analysis of the issue of no significant

hazards consideration, which is

presented below:

a. Involve a significant increase in the

probability or consequences of an accident

previously evaluated.

The proposed change to the minimum

reactor vessel flow does not alter the

assumed initiators to any analyzed event.

Rather, specification of a minimum reactor

vessel flow provides assurance that sufficient

cooling will take place during normal and

accident operating conditions of the reactor.

Therefore the probability of an accident

previously evaluated has not been increased

by this proposed change.

Each of the applicable Palisades FSAR

[Final Safety Analysis Report] Chapter 14

accident analyses have been evaluated with

respect to the proposed reduction in

minimum reactor vessel flow rate. The

results of these analyses, which have been

incorporated into the Palisades Cycle 14

Disposition and Analysis of Standard Review

Plan (SRP) Events, demonstrate that the

acceptance criteria for each of the events

continues to be met.

Therefore, operation of the facility in

accordance with the proposed change to TS

section 3.1.1c would not involve a significant

increase in the probability or consequences

of an accident previously evaluated.

b. Create the possibility of a new or

different kind of accident from any

previously evaluated.

The proposed changes provide a reduced

requirement for PCS [primary coolant

system] flow through the reactor vessel than

currently exists in the TS. The change does

not, however, involve any alteration in the

plant configuration (no new or different type